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The Sexperts talk about sexuality at July 8 Omaha Science Cafe

June 23, 2014

Sexuality, anatomy and gender are the focus of the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m. July 8 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St.

Presenters include: Sofia Jawed-Wessel, Ph.D., assistant director of the Midlands Sexual Health Research Collaborative, and Jay Irwin, Ph.D., associate director of the MSHRC. For more information about the MSHRC visit the website at: http://www.unmc.edu/publichealth/mshrc.

This is the third of a four-part series of Science Café presentations dealing with sexual health topics.

Science Cafés involve a face-to-face conversation with a scientist about current science topics. They are open to everyone (21 and older), and take place in casual settings like pubs and coffeehouses. Each meeting is organized around an interesting topic of conversation. A scientist gives a brief presentation followed by a question and answer period.

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